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Further search for a neutral boson with a mass around 9 MeV/c2

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v2 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

Two dedicated experiments on internal pair conversion (IPC) of isoscalar M1 transitions were carried out in order to test a 9 MeV/c2 X-boson scenario. In the 7Li(p,e+e-)8Be reaction at 1.1 MeV proton energy to the predominantly T=0 level at 18.15 MeV, a significant deviation from IPC was observed at large pair correlation angles. In the 11B(d,n e+e-)12C reaction at 1.6 MeV, leading to the 12.71 MeV 1+ level with pure T=0 character, an anomaly was observed at 9 MeV/c2. The compatibility of the results with the scenario is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0101298,
  title  = {Further search for a neutral boson with a mass around 9 MeV/c2},
  author = {F. W. N. de Boer and K. Bethge and H. Bokemeyer and R. van Dantzig and J. van Klinken and V. Mironov and K. A. Mueller and K. E. Stiebing},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0101298},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables